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175913 September 1759 · Plains of Abraham, Quebec City

Battle of the Plains of Abraham

18th-century print of British troops landing below the cliffs and fighting on the heights above Quebec
Archival image: Robert Wilkinson. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

After a three-month siege of Quebec, British troops under James Wolfe climbed the cliffs at the Anse au Foulon by night and formed up on the plateau west of the walls. The battle lasted about an hour; Wolfe and the French commander Montcalm were both mortally wounded. Quebec surrendered days later, Montreal fell in 1760 and France ceded Canada to Britain in 1763.

Sites

  1. Site 1: Battlefields Park (Plains of Abraham)Open parkland on the battlefield, with a museum on the 1759 siege.Map ↗
  2. Site 2: Anse au FoulonRiverside cove below the cliffs where Wolfe's troops landed.Map ↗
  3. Site 3: Wolfe-Montcalm Monument, Governors' GardenObelisk of 1828 honouring both fallen generals.Map ↗

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